Archive for August, 2007

For the first time, Google showed some current design of custom power supplies used in their server farms. The company has a team of hardware engineers dedicated to the design of motherboards and other electronic components that go into Google’s servers to make them more power efficient. These engineers will then go to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and suppliers and order these custom-built servers.
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Zonbu device consumes at least four times fewer chemicals and fossil fuels during manufacturing than conventional desktop PCs. Moreover, the Zonbu manufacturing process complies with the standards of the European RoHS Directive. The company provides a free take-back program to recycle your used Zonbu device responsibly. When you upgrade to a new Zonbu device or you’re finished using your current one, simply return it to the company and they’ll foot the bill for dismantling and recycling all the components. All components of our packaging are earth friendly. Zonbu’s ultra low power design combined with carbon offsets makes it a zero-emission computer; the company buys regulatory grade carbon offsets from Climate Trust.
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It is a free database about film, sports, politics, music, science and everything else all connected together. Freebase contributors are collecting data from all over the internet to build a massive, collaboratively-edited database of cross-linked data. It’s a big job and it is just getting started with its alpha version. Freebase’s aim is to make it possible to add high quality structured information to anyone’s websites, mashups and applications without worrying about restrictive licenses. All data is licensed (free to share, reuse, remix) Creative Commons Attribution.
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